Overview
- A Russian drone attack on Odessa resulted in two fatalities and five injuries, according to regional authorities.
- The strikes caused significant damage, hitting residential buildings, a supermarket, a school, and vehicles, and igniting multiple fires.
- Air raid sirens were triggered in Sumy, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia, highlighting the widespread nature of the assault.
- Ukraine's air defenses reported shooting down 74 drones and disrupting 68 others through electronic countermeasures during the overnight attack.
- On the diplomatic front, Kyiv and Washington finalized an agreement to finance Ukraine's reconstruction and develop its raw-materials sector after weeks of negotiation.